1818 An offering to the flag  

TN: the title refers to a practice in ancient Chinese culture, whenever an army is going out on a decisive battle, the commander would bring out a "sacrifice" (usually an important person from the opposing force that they took prisoner during a previous battle) and execute them in front of his army, thus "offering" that person to the flag of their army to boost the morale of troops. 

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In the void.

The black dragon slowly transformed and turned back into Gu Qing Shan.

"I've not been able to contact you the entire time, so I have no idea how you currently are----- where are you right now?" Gu Qing Shan asked.

The scale gently shivered, but didn't give a reply.

Gu Qing Shan thought briefly and lightly tapped the scale instead.

The scale suddenly came apart and manifested into a vision.

Huang Quan.

It was the world of Huang Quan.